Bottle-washing attachment



Sep@ 3, 1929- E. E. EDENHARDER Erm; 1,726,949

BOTTLE WASHING ATTACHMENT Filed April 30. 1926 gDllih- @www l Irl f3 DSLA TTORNEYJ'.

Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

UNITED STA'EES Luana raient errata EUGENE E. EDENHARDER AND JACOB E.EDENHARDER, OF WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN, ASSIG-NORS OF ONE-THIRD TO HELENEDENHARDER, OF WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN.

BOTTLE-XVASHING ATTACHMENT.

Application filed April 30,

Our invention relates to a portable bottle washing device, primarilydesigned for domestic use, and which may be quickly attached to thewater supply in any building.

It comprises a horizontally disposed cleaning brush arranged forrotation, over which the bottle to be cleaned may be slipped.

It comprises also the provision of a duct for conveying water to theinside of the bottle under the full pressure of the main, whereby suchpressure causes the water to flow with a force which is unusual indevices of this class.

It further comprises an operating mechanism, whereby through multiplyinggears, rapid rotation may be imparted to the cleaning brush.

The constructional features of our invention will now be described, andthe novelty thereof pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the irregular line 1 1, Fig. 2,looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing very clearly theconstruction of our invention.

Fig. 2 is a view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrows, the view being broken out to show the gear connection andratio.

lin the drawing, the numeral 1() indicates a common spigot connectedwith the source of domestic water supply, in which the main pressure isrelatively constant.

Our attachment comprises a casing 11 recessed at one side and covered bya plate 12. The proportions of the parts 11 and l2 are best indicated inFig. 2, from which it will be seen that the casing 11 and 12 is ofgeneral circular order, and provided with a projecting portion 13, bymeans of which it may be connected to the spigot in a manner whichpresently will be described.

A shaft 14 is journaled in a transversely bored embossment 15, on theplate 12, and has a bearing at its other end in a step formed in a likeembossment 16 on the frame 11. The projecting end of the shaft 14 hasattached thereto a crank 17. Keyed to the shaft and located within therecess in the frame 11, is a multiplying gear 18, the said gear engaginga pinion 19 keyed upon a shaft 20, which latter is suitably journaled inthe frame 11 and the covering plate l2.

1926. Serial No. 105,708.

The shaftl 20 extends oppositely from the crank 17, and its outer endhas connected thereto a radial cleaning brush 21, adapted to be receivedinside of a bottle by passing the bottle thereover, in a manner whichwill be understood.

The projecting portion 13 of the casing is bored for the reception ofthe threaded end of the neck 22 of a union, the collar 23 of which isadapted to be screwed upon the outlet end of the spigot 10. A gasket 24may beemployed to seal the connection with the spigot.

The casing 11 is provided with a small lateral. opening leading into thebore in the projection 13, near the end of the neck 22 of the union. Oneend of a small tube 25 is fixed in the said opening and is bentdownwardly to bring its free end into parallelism with and to lieclosely adjacent to the shaft 20, so that the neck of a bottle mayreceive both the shaft 20 and the tube 25. It is preferable that thefree end of the tube 25 be extended for a considerable distance alongthe shaft 20, so as to enter the bottle.

When a bottle is passed over the brush and made to embrace both theshaft 20 and the tube 25, and the spigot is opened to the flow of water,the pressure upon the latter will cause the ejection of water throughthe tube 25 into the bottle with unusual force, by reason of theconstricted outlet formed by the tube 25. Notwithstanding the presenceof the brush, the water is made to strike the remoter end of the bottlewith considerable force. The level of water maintained by arranging thebottle in horizontal position, aided by the constant flow, provides asupply sufticient at all times to effectively cleanse the bottle. Byrotating the crank 17, a very rapid rotation is imparted to the brush 21through the multiplying gears, and every portion of the interior of thebottle is swept by the brush and the water and thoroughly cleansed.

A gland 26 may be applied to the shaft 2O at the point where it leavesthe frame 11, to exclude the Water from working into the operatingmechanism. The recess in the frame 11 may be packed with oil or grease,before the cover plate 12 is secured in place, and efiicient lubricationthereby assured.

The cavity formed by the bore in the extension 13, has no outlet otherthan the duct 25, so that the full force of the main pressure is exertedin ejecting the stream of Water.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim and desire to' secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a bottle Washing device, a casing, a shaft rotatably mountedin-said casing, a brush carried by the said shaft, means for rotatingthe said shaft, the said vcasing being provided ,with a bored extensionseparated from the :interior thereof,'means orconnectin-gjthe boredextension with a sourcev of Wat'erfsupplmjand' afsmall duct leading fromthe/bored extensionto the brush `and 'adapted to enter4 a: bottlev When'placed over the brush.

2. In a bottle Washing device, a recessed casing, a shaft rotatablymounted in the casing, a gear on the shaft Within the recess of thecasing to effect rotation of the shaft, and a brush carried by the saidshaft, the said casing being provided With a bore separated from therecess 'for connection With a Water supply, and a duct independent ofthe shaft leading 'from the bore to supply Water to the brush andadapted to enter a bottle when placed over the brush.

In testimony whereof, We have signed our names-atMilvvaukee, this 24thday of April.

EUGENE EQ EDENHARDER. JACOB E. EDENHARDER.

